Medway Council Medway Council is the local authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The council was created on 1 April 1998 and replaced Rochester-upon-Medw ...

is the local authority for the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

of Medway in

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

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. It was created on 1 April 1998 replacing Gillingham and

Rochester-upon-Medway Rochester-upon-Medway was a local government district in north Kent, England from 1974 to 1998. It covered Rochester, Chatham, Luton, Lordswood, Walderslade, Strood and the Hoo Peninsula. The district was formed as the District of Medway under t ...

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1997, initially operating as a shadow authority until formally taking over from the two outgoing councils on 1 April 1998. Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2000 have been:

Council elections

* 1997 Medway Council election (New ward boundaries) * 2000 Medway Council election * 2003 Medway Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 25) * 2007 Medway Council election * 2011 Medway Council election * 2015 Medway Council election * 2019 Medway Council election * 2023 Medway Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 4)

Results maps

File:Medway UK ward map 2011.svg, 2011 results map File:Medway UK ward map 2015.svg, 2015 results map File:Medway UK ward map 2019.svg, 2019 results map File:Medway UK ward map 2023.svg, 2023 results map

By-election results

1998-2003

2007-2011

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative Councillor John Ward This by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour Councillor Dennis McFarlane This by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labour Councillor

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This by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative Councillor David Craggs

2011-2015

2015-2019

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of UKIP Councillor Catriona Brown-Reckless The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative Councillor Mike O'Brien The by-election was triggered by the resignation of

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Councillor Kelly Tolhurst

2019-2023

References

External links

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